hehe Asun Friere wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Alex Martelli) wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>... > > > [A]sking for tolerance and patience > > against _rude_ newbies which barge in with shrill, mostly unjustified, > > repetitious complaints, is, I think, a rather far-fetched request. > > That request is in no way far-fetched if made to someone of great > personal maturity and character. Rudeness is hardly ever an effective > response to rudeness. So I'll make it: "Please be tolerant and > patient of newbies, _especially_ the rude ones." :p Remember it's the > audience, not merely the opponent you are addressing. > > Be that as it may, Maurice's original question, while arguably founded > upon a false presumption, was in no way rude. Nor were his subsequent > posts (unless I missed one). The helpfulness of this newgroup should > be (and was) one of python's selling points. Certainly I learned much > here, and especially from your posts Alex, when I first started using > the language.
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